The Thunderstar is out of business — the last of the Lowcountry "head" boats, or tourist deep-sea fishing boats. The Shem Creek dock where it moored for a generation is empty. Down the line of creek ...

In an effort to protect loggerhead turtles, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted Thursday to banish long-line grouper fishermen to waters at least 300 feet deep for part of the year and ...

MADEIRA BEACH — For all the growth on the Gulf Coast, this is still a one-fish town. Florida has long touted Gulf grouper as the state’s “first fish,” but for generations, grouper has been kingfish in ...

Federal regulators took preliminary steps Tuesday to reduce gag grouper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico by 45 percent, a severe cutback that could cripple commercial fishermen and the charter boat ...

For all the growth on the Gulf Coast, this is still a one-fish town. Florida has long touted gulf grouper as the state’s “first fish,” but for generations, grouper has been kingfish in Madeira Beach. ...